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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
1600 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA  30333
Phone: 1-800-CDC-INFO (1-800-232-4636)
TDD: 1-888-232-6348
E-mail: cdcinfo@cdc.gov
Web Address: www.cdc.gov
 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The CDC works with state and local health officials and the public to achieve better health for all people. The CDC creates the expertise, information, and tools that people and communities need to protect their health—by promoting health, preventing disease, injury, and disability, and being prepared for new health threats.


Herpes Resource Center (HRC) of the American Social Health Association (ASHA)
P.O. Box 13827
Research Triangle Park, NC  27709
Phone: 1-800-227-8922, Resource Center hotline
(919) 361-8400
Fax: (919) 361-8425
Web Address: www.ashastd.org/herpes/herpes_overview.cfm
 

This organization provides information over the phone and online. It offers educational materials, including books, booklets, a bibliography, audiocassettes, videotapes, a quarterly journal, and links to other resources on herpes.



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Author: Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS Last Updated: March 13, 2008
Medical Review: Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine
Alexander H. Murray, MD, FRCPC - Dermatology

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